Clerk of Courts employees OK nine unpaid days off

YOUNGSTOWN — The Mahoning County commissioners have approved an agreement, under which employees of the clerk of courts will take nine unpaid days off this year.

Under the agreement, ratified earlier by members of American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 3956, the floating holidays will be taken at times agreed to by the employee and his or her supervisor, said Scott Grossen, administrator for the clerk’s office.

The floating holiday provision applies to the 63 union members and eight managers.

Also under the agreement, there will be no pay raises this year, and no vacant positions will be filled.

By using the floating holidays, the clerk’s office expects to avoid layoffs, Grossen said. “We wanted to avoid layoffs at all costs,” he said after the commissioners acted Thursday.

The floating holiday agreement is expected to save the clerk’s office $71,214 in general fund monies this year. Another $25,183 is expected to be saved outside the general fund, Grossen said.

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